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In 2014, Louisiana was the state with the highest rate of poverty in the United States, with 23.1% of its citizens living below the poverty threshold. By contrast, the state with the lowest poverty rate in the country was New Hampshire, with 7.2 % living below the poverty threshold.
Poverty is a state of deprivation, or a lack of the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. The most common measure of poverty in the U.S. is the  poverty threshold  set by the U.S. government.n November 2013 the U.S. Census Bureau said more than 16% of the population lived in poverty. up from 14.3% (approximately 43.6 million) in 2009 and to its highest level since 1993.